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Gubbeen Cheese is a surface ripened, semi-soft, cow's milk cheese with a pink and white rind. The flavours are creamy with mushroom and nutty aftertastes but vary depending on maturity of cheese. Gubbeen Farmhouse Products also produce a Smoked Gubbeen.
Gubbeen Cheese has been produced since 1979 by Tom and Giana Ferguson at the Gubbeen Farm in 
List of 2010 British Cheese Award winners
* 2016 Gold Medal at the British Cheese Awards for Rind washed cheese * 2016 Gold Medal at the British Cheese Awards for Mature smoked Gubbeen
Schull
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, County Cork
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. The name "Gubbeen" is an anglicisation of the Irish word "Gobín" which means a small mouthful, and which a local nearby bay is referred to.
All milk used for the cheese comes from their own herd of dairy cows, which is a mixture of several breeds; British Friesian, Simmenthal, Jersey
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, and Kerry
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. The milk is stored in vats to which starter culture and rennet are added, causing the milk to set. This is then cut and stirred until the curds develop. The cheese is developed in curing rooms where the rind is washed daily. This is an important part of the process as the washing gives rise to the distinctive surface bloom and develops the characteristic flavours. The cheese develops deeper flavours as it matures.
In 2001, a new strain of lactic acid producing bacteria, ''Microbacterium gubbeenense'', was named after a study into the smear-ripening of Gubbeen cheese.
Each cheese is in diameter, in height, weighs and has a fat content of 48%. The cheese is also available as a mini-truckle
A truckle of cheese is a cylindrical wheel of cheese, usually taller than it is wide, and sometimes described as barrel-shaped. The word is derived from the Latin '' trochlea'', 'wheel, pulley'. Truckles vary greatly in size, from the wax-coated ...
weighing 400 g.
Awards
Gubbeen cheese has been the recipient of numerous awards, both nationally and internationally. Here is a selection of some recent awards: * 2011 Silver Medal in the Irish Cheese Awards for semi-soft cheese * 2010 Gold Medal at the British Cheese Awards for semi-soft cheese* 2016 Gold Medal at the British Cheese Awards for Rind washed cheese * 2016 Gold Medal at the British Cheese Awards for Mature smoked Gubbeen
See also
*List of Irish cheeses
This is a list of cheeses and producers from Ireland.
List of Irish cheese producers
List of Irish cheeses
See also
* List of British cheeses
* List of Republic of Ireland food and drink products with protected status
* List of cheeses
* Li ...
* List of smoked foods
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References
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